Patrick Manning

Patrick Manning teaches courses in the Composition Studies program. His interests include first-year writing, writing center pedagogy, working class studies, cultural geography, archival theory, and creative writing. Currently, Patrick serves as the Outreach Director and Peer Tutor Coordinator in the Writing Center. As Outreach Director, Patrick collaborates with units across campus to provide workshops on academic and professional writing for students, faculty, and staff. Patrick’s critical writing has appeared in Community Literacy Journal, The Canadian Journal of American Studies, Journal of the Midwest MLA and elsewhere, and his creative writing has appeared in various places, including the edited collection Western Pennsylvania Reflections: Stories from the Alleghenies to Lake Erie.